Where does the wood come from? A matrix model for tracing the origin of wood-based products
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Globally, timber trade flows have increased in recent years. While value is generally added along the entire value chain, certain environmental impacts, such as deforestation and forest degradation, are intrinsically linked to the origin of the roundwood. Bilateral trade statistics are of limited help in providing insights about the location of impacts caused by consumption of wood-based products elsewhere. This is mainly because wood-based products are often imported from countries other than the one from which the roundwood originated. We present a novel method that makes it possible to relate the consumption of wood-based products to the origin of roundwood. Thus, the method helps to provide information on distant environmental impacts of wood consumption.
Keywords: Sustainable forest management, Value chain, Deforestation and forest degradation, Research
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